Bible – Retrenders

Darren Aronofsky & Ari Handel’s Noah

Director Darren Aronofsky (The Wrestler, Black Swan, The Fountain) is known for making movie controversy and he does it again with his 2014 movie film Noah taken from the Bible. Titan Books releases two novels based on the movie, the official novelization by Mark Morris and a YA (Young Adult) book titled Noah: Ila’s Story by Susan Korman based on the screenplay by Darren Aronofsky and Ari Handel.

The world has turned more dark and sinister, and Noah has a vision from the Creator that a great flood will come to wipe out the world. He must build an ark to save his family and all the animals. In the mist of all this, warlord leader Tubal-cain who killed Noah’s father Lamech comes back years later to try to take over Noah’s Ark with his army of soldiers. The official novel by Mark Morris follows Noah’s journey like the PG-13 movie.

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Jago by Kim Newman

Award-winning author Kim Newman’s Jago was published back in 1991, and now Titan Books has just re-release this classic horror story. A hippie music festival takes place in the small English town of Adler. Like any big rock music festival it divides the town into two camps, those who want the money it brings in and those who hate it, because of all the property damage and troubles it causes lead by Adler villager Danny Keough. Many young people like Dolar and his caravan of friends attend the festival to party. On vacation in the town of Adler, Paul is working on his “end of the world” thesis, while his girlfriend Hazel a potter, runs a pottery shop for a family on vacation. And we find out that this rock festival is run by a religious cult the Agapemone and from within, Susan a British Secret Service agent is trying to find out who is the mysterious figure – Anthony William Jago. As the music festival begins, urban legends, darkness, and evil is unleashed on the town of Alder.